Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Cassia alata
Scientific Name and Description
Cassia alata L.
Plant type
Shrub
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| English | ringworm senna |
| Hindi | dadmari, dadmurdan, dat-ka-pat, datkapat, deo-mardon, vilayati-agati |
| Kannada | daddumardu, dahvala, dhavala gida, dhawala gida, dodda chagache, dodda thagache, dodda thangadi, doddacagate, doddachagate, doddasagate, puritappu, seeme agase, seeme thangadi, sheemigida, shime-agase, simeagase, simeyagase, simyagase |
| Malayalam | elakajam, shima-akatti, shimayakatti, simaagati, simayakatti |
| Marathi | dadamardana |
| Sanskrit | dadrughna, dvipagasti |
| Tamil | alata, anjali, calavakatti, calavakatticceti, cimaiakatti, cimaiyakatti, cimaiyavutti, cintuki, cintukiyakatti, cirikai, kacampakatti, karccakkinam, malai tagarai, pairavam, pairavamaram, pei agathi, peyakatti, ponnakatti, puliyacikacceti, puliyacikam, pulukkolli , seemai agathi, seemai agathy, seemaiagatti, seemie aghatee, semmai agatti, sheemai-agatti, shimai-agatti, simaiyagatti, tatturukkinam, tiruttakattimaram, tiruttavutti, vandu kolli, vandu kollu, vandu-rolli, vandugolli, vandukolli, vantukatiyilai, vantukkolli, vantunelli , vendu-kolli, vendukolli |
| Telugu | mettataamara, mettatamara, mitta tamara, seema avise, seemaavasie, seemaavise, seemayavisa, sheemaavisi, shima-avishi-chettu, sima avisl, simaavishi, simaavisi, simayavisa, simayavise |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Siddha
Tibetan
Folk
Herb usable parts
Roots
Leaves
Fruits
Ethnopharmacology use
Senna alata (L.) Roxb
Habit -Shrub
Parts used -Leaves, bark, flower, root
Application -Skin diseases; fractures; abortifacient; contraceptive; scabies; eczema and leucoderma; Cattle alopecia
Treatment -General; cattle
References -Kshirsagar and Singh 2001, Samy et al. 2008, Sripathi and Sankari 2010
Herbs Medical Indications
Herbs Medical Indications (चिकित्सीय संकेत)
References
Literature
Literature
Flora of Bankura District(West Bengal) Author - Sanyal M.N.
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol I Author - D.M.Verma, N.P.Balakrishnan, R.D.Dixit
A Contribution to the Flora of Namdapha Arunachal Pradesh Author - A S Chauhan, K P Singh, D K Singh
Flora of Majuli Author - M.Islam
FLORA OF KARNATAKA VOL-1 Author - C.J. SALDHANA.
FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL1 Author - D.B. DEB
THE FLORA OF THE TAMILNADU CARNATIC-VOL I Author - K.M. MATTHEW
FOREST FLORA OF MEGHALAYA VOL 1 Author - HARIDASAN K & RAO R R
The Flora of the Gulf of Mannar Author - P. Daniel & P. Umamaheswari
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH